Airport should improve planning during changes

However confused the situation might be at Terminal 1, things at Terminal 2 remain normal and the public needs to be reminded of this as well.

We hope that renovations on Terminal 1 can be completed without delay so that the inconveniences caused to the public may be reduced to a minimum.

Terminal 1 has long suffered from outdated design, such as inaccessibility for the disabled, poor air conditioning and lack of facilities such as nursing rooms for women and infants.

Originally designed to be a small copy of Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport when it opened in 1979, the terminal has long been creaking amid ever-growing numbers of passengers.

The situation only worsened as the airport has become more crowded with the beginning of regular direct cross-strait services over the past several months.

Terminal 1 has long suffered from being compared to the shiny new Terminal 2 complex, which opened in 2000.

Had renovation work not gotten underway, the situation would have gotten worse in a few years when Terminal 3, which is still under construction, is expected to open.

Now that cross-strait flights have begun, Taiwan is rapidly becoming a major transit point for international travelers making their way in between points in Asia, the Americas and mainland China.

Since the government is so eager to make the airport into a major hub for regional transportation, the airport's management should work extra hard to avoid confusion and management snafus.

One way to do this is to think in advance about what will happen when a gate is closed or a parking lot is cordoned off.

As simple as that sounds, it seems as though no one has really done that so far.

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